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Monday, November 10, 2003

A Complete Beating

The Browns got their ass handed to them yesterday by the Kansas City Chiefs. There were a variety of reasons, the chief among them that the Browns just aren;t very good and the Chiefs are. There is much to complain about. Such as...

The defense got worked repeatedly. After a 3 and out on their first possession, the Chiefs tore into the Browns for 380+ passing yards and scored on every possesion of the first half. It came down to the KC OL completely shutting down the Browns defensive line. Warren + Roye would try and bull rush into a brick wall, Lang/Brown/Word would rush way too wide and Trent Green would either dump off or step up and throw downfield. Too easy.

The offense sucks. There was a sporatic running game, but it wasn't a threat. Holcomb got pressured and rarely threw downfield. Passes were completed short of the marker on 3rd down FIVE times. Jamel White looked horrible again.

A few iffy calls made things worse. Gerard Warren flagged for unneccessary roughness for... tackling the guy with the ball before a whistle blew. Lame! Warren again flagged for bumping into the ref whil the Chiefs ran a hurry up. Whatever. Twice the Chiefs benefiting from illegally throwing passes to offensive lineman -- what a crock. These calls all sucked, but they were not deciding factors. In fact, giving up a TD pass on 4th and 3 late in the game struck home the obvious -- the Chiefs battered these Browns.

Last thing to say: our offensive formations suck. Please, my god, no more Trips packages. Maybe our receivers are really not as fast as they say? Cause we do not beat anyone. It's like painful to watch.

After this game it mist also be same to say that the Chiefs are rolling -- just about everything is working.

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